FEATURES
In addition to news reporting, San Diego Beer News is well known for its weekly, annual and otherwise regular features, programs and initiatives spotlighting San Diego County’s beers, brewers and brewing companies. Popular features include our Beer of the Week, weekly What’s Tapping updates chronicling new beers debuting at local breweries, beer-centric travel pieces, Portrait of a Brewer and Praising the Bar Q&A pieces, plus our multi-faceted Homebrew Sumer pro-am program and the extremely popular San Diego Beer News Awards. The following is a chronological listing of all of our feature content to-date.
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Sep- 2024 -27 September
Beer of the Week: Grateful Deft
For many breweries, especially in ale-and-hop-loving San Diego County, Oktoberfest offers a nice change of pace; an opportunity to take a brief break from producing IPAs and lighter-bodied bottom-fermented stock to crafting…
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26 September
What’s Tapping (9/26)
Welcome to San Diego Beer News‘ weekly list of beers tapping for the first time or returning to beer lists at breweries throughout San Diego County, including links where you can find…
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24 September
FOX 5 News: New Local Breweries
Tune in as San Diego Beer News founder and Executive Editor Brandon Hernández takes FOX 5 Morning News‘ Arik Richards on a tour of the county’s newest breweries. That trio includes Fox…
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23 September
Homebrew Summer: B.Right.On
Even those of us who appreciate every style of beer, from English mild to Belgian quad, Grodziskie to gueuze, and any type of lager or IPA the brewing world throws at us,…
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22 September
I Like Beer the Podcast: Roadhouse!
In this episode, the Jeffs travel all the way to Jackson Hole, Wyoming (virtually) to meet Max Shafer, the brewmaster for Roadhouse Brewing. Listen along as that Cowboy State suds specialist talks…
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21 September
91X Beer for Breakfast: Culture Brewing
In this special episode of Beer for Breakfast, Marty and Brandon are joined in-studio by the main man at 91X, Program Director and host of Resurrection Sunday, Garett Michaels. Together, the threesome…
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20 September
Beer of the Week: Belgian Dark Strong Ale
As a kid, my first real run-in with stress ‒ like real, hardcore stress ‒ came watching my stepfather vying for a promotion to the rank of Chief Petty Officer (CPO). Being…
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19 September
What’s Tapping (9/19)
Welcome to San Diego Beer News‘ weekly list of beers tapping for the first time or returning to beer lists at breweries throughout San Diego County, including links where you can find…
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16 September
Homebrew Summer: Beach Bones
Few local breweries have remained as devoted to keeping strong ties to the homebrewing community as Escondido’s Jacked Up Brewery. That family-run operation has its own homebrew-supply store, regularly holds homebrew competitions…
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15 September
I Like Beer the Podcast: Eppig Brewing
This week, the Jeffs enjoy another Vista jaunt, going the hop, skip and jump leading to the former headquarters of Eppig Brewing. That facility was established by a second-generation family business that…
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